Shigeru Amachi
Shigeru Amachi (天知 茂, Amachi Shigeru, 4 March 1931 – 27 July 1985) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 120 films from 1953 to 1984.
Amachi joined the Shintoho studio as one of its "New Face" actors of 1951 and established himself in action and jidaigeki films. He gained fame for the nihilistic mood of his character in Akatsuki no hijōsen and starred in Nobuo Nakagawa's version of Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan (1959). On television, he played the hardboiled detective in Hijō no raisensu and Kogoro Akechi in a long-running series of TV specials. On stage he was best known for playing Hishakaku in Jinsei gekijō.
Amachi joined the Shintoho studio as one of its "New Face" actors of 1951 and established himself in action and jidaigeki films. He gained fame for the nihilistic mood of his character in Akatsuki no hijōsen and starred in Nobuo Nakagawa's version of Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan (1959). On television, he played the hardboiled detective in Hijō no raisensu and Kogoro Akechi in a long-running series of TV specials. On stage he was best known for playing Hishakaku in Jinsei gekijō.
Known For
132 titles
Secret White Line Zone
Red Scorpion Beauty
Ankoku gai jingi
A Lonely Gamble
Fire Line
Ken ni kakeru
The Dedicated Gunman
Yellow Line
Yôki na tono-sama
Roar of the Bullets
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty
Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers
The Silent Gun
Shroud of Snow
Eight Men to Kill
The Beauty in the Bathroom
I am the Judge
Empress
The Faceless Man
The Beauty of the Black Narcissus
Mysterious Dwarf
The Edo Fortune-Teller
Fairy Beauty
Queen Bee's Anger
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